EU boss Jean-Claude Juncker calls Brexiteers ‘liars’ as he is hailed EU ‘leader of the year’ at boozy bash

THIRSTY EU boss Jean-Claude Juncker has called Brexiteers liars as he was hailed as "European leader of the year" at a glitzy do last night.

He said today that he wished he had called out the "lies" of the Leave campaign during the referendum - but then PM David Cameron told him not to meddle.

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EU boss Jean Claude Juncker won 'European of the year' at an awards bash last nightCredit: EPA

He hilariously claimed today that he could have stopped Brexit, too if he'd spoken up.

At a press conference he said Mr Cameron had begged him not to get involved at all, and he later regretted it.

Mr Juncker said: "It was a mistake not to intervene and not to interfere because we would have been the only ones to destroy the lies which were circulated around.

"I was wrong to be silent at an important moment."

The comments will infuriate Brexiteers when the PM is still trying to get them on board to pass her deal.

Last night the Brussels boss joked that he was only honoured when leaving office rather than at the start of his reign, after he was given a gong by Euronews and the European Business Summit in Brussels.

The un-elected head of the Commission said: "I could have been awarded when I was starting, but the fact that I'm awarded when I'm finishing — at the moment of autopsy — is a recognition of the merits of the European Commission."

MP Kevin Hollinrake said at the news: "One of those stories that you read and immediately think 'is it April 1st'?"

His award comes despite the EU's hardline stance against Britain in the last year of trying to get a deal done.

They repeatedly said there was no more they could do, even after Brexiteers begged them to look again at the hated Northern Ireland backstop.

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Michel Barnier is in charge of Brexit talks on behalf of the EUCredit: EPA

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